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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What secret occupation does Graham have in common with Maturin?
2. What is Mrs. Fielding's first name?
3. What is happening to the Worcester?
4. About whom does Graham worry?
5. Who does Aubrey go to meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Aubrey's orders from the Admiral for him and his crew?
2. What does Aubrey decide to do about waiting until the end of Ramadan?
3. What does Aubrey fear about his crew as time passes?
4. What does Aubrey do with his prize money?
5. How does one gain rank in the British navy and why is that a problem right now for Aubrey?
6. What does Aubrey decide to do about Mrs. Fielding and why?
7. What is Captain Aubrey's specific situation?
8. What does Aubrey find when he checks on his crew?
9. Who is Mrs. Fielding and how does she and Ponto become friends with Aubrey?
10. Discuss the goings on of the man Andrew Wray.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Maturin acts as a covert agency for the Crown and has become involved with helping Mrs. Fielding, who has been "forced" into spying in order to protect her husband.
1. What sort of covert operations does Maturin undertake? How similar do you think his covert operations are to that of an organization such as the CIA of today?
2. How much does Maturin's covert operations effect good outcomes for the British during Treason's Harbour? How is Matruin unable to use his covert operations to "save the day" in the pursuit of the treasure ship?
3. Do you see any conflict of interests between being a doctor and also a covert operator? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
During this era when the book takes place, if a vessel under the command of a naval officer captures another vessel from a country with whom they are warring or captures a pirate vessel and the crew of the victorious vessel shares in the goods, money and value of the vessel. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think the British had such a policy in place then?
2. What are the possible abuses that can arise from such a policy?
3. Why do you think this policy is eventually abandoned?
4. Which vessel(s) are mentioned in Treason's Harbour that fall under this maritime law and what are the circumstances of their capture? Does it seem fair?
Essay Topic 3
Patrick O'Brian has tried as much as possible to use historical events and facts around which to weave his work of fiction. Discuss the following:
1. Do you think Treason's Harbour qualifies as an historical fiction? Why or why not?
2. If much of the events in the book are historical, what surprises you about the way the events play out?
3. Do you think the culture of the early 1800s is more or less advanced than you imagined? Explain.
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